Plastering finish not amazing, what are my options?

FreeD said:
I don't think you can compare electrician and plumbers prices with plasterers. We have a dark art very few can master. Anyone can be a plumber these days...plumbers push the pipes together and electricians plug in the heat pump. If you are running a business £300 - £400 a day really is not that much with all the overheads. Anyway back to your job just hire a Flex sander for the day and blitz it.
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any fker can be a plasterer as well
 
Rachel G said:
I totally understand the need to pay someone a fair price but the ‘going rate’ for trades doesn’t always seem to correspond with levels of competence. One of the 5k guys was from checkatrade which I don’t trust as I understand they remove negative reviews. The other was a relative of my electrician who did a couple of days plasterboarding and I had to rip out the window reveals as they looked wonky to the naked eye. Doubt either of them would have been a better way to go than a personal recommend off someone with construction experience. As a woman I get a lot of piss take quotes from condescending tradies who assume I won’t know what I’m talking about so paying more doesn’t always avoid problems. But interesting if you’re all saying £625 is a fair day rate for a plasterer and mate - the electrician and plumber both said that was a crazy price but obviously they are in different trades.
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It's a fair price if the job is high quality and long lasting and customer service is good. The sourness of a poor job done lingers a lot longer than the high price of a quality job.
 
essexandy said:
The percentage of plasterers that I would say are good is pretty damn low. Same as plumbers, sparks and chippies, just it shows more to people when it's the spread.
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Well it’s ok for us cus we’re time served.


Doing a job at mo to prep and plaster a kitchen and some patching in, in other rooms. House already replastered by someone else.

Client mentioned that as long as I can do it as good as the previous guys.

Nearly said no to get a reaction (as it’s s**t) but just smiled and nodded.
 
essexandy said:
If most of those that priced the job at 5k+ who are you or I to say it's overpriced, we haven't been there, live in that area or know the going rate locally. Prices aren't and shouldn't be, the same nationally.
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well quite right andy,

but no way could i charge those prices up here, 625.00 a day for a spread and a labourer just would not happen, but london prices again, be it buying a house , pint of beer, etc etc, just pleased i dont live down there,
 
hector said:
well quite right andy,

but no way could i charge those prices up here, 625.00 a day for a spread and a labourer just would not happen, but london prices again, be it buying a house , pint of beer, etc etc, just pleased i dont live down there,
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Most of us will be in debt when we die.
 
essexandy said:
The percentage of plasterers that I would say are good is pretty damn low. Same as plumbers, sparks and chippies, just it shows more to people when it's the spread.
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Then you have those that are good but have absolutely 0 customer service, communication or business acumen. It's very rare to find the full package.
 
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